One of my favorite tropes (at least I think it's a trope. Not sure how common it is) is the “unknown hero”.
It's when a character who's known to us, the audience, maybe very well, and is at least somewhat important to us.
The character dies and ...
No One of Consequence
Banes at 12:00AM, July 13, 2023Poetry Time 38: Drauma
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, July 2, 2023
Scene
I have stunged apart all the eyes on all of the movies
Apprehention from overseeing alarms
Scent
I have smashed apart all the noses on all of the missiles
Reparation from overdosing alarms
Sense
I have spread apart all the tounges on all of the sea-waves
Fascination from overboarding ...
Panel By Panel: 'The Sagas of Seelhoe' and Stolen Glances
hpkomic at 3:54PM, June 30, 2023
Hello everyone, and welcome to Panel by Panel, a periodic exploration of comic panels around The Duck. This week I want to turn our attention to the power of small moments in time that gives comics so much poignancy and power when dealing with time. When we last talked about ...
Quackcast 640 - Aliens
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, June 20, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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We base our images of aliens in comics on aliens in TV shows and movies mostly, because those are the ones we all know.
But movie aliens ...
Poetry Time 36: The Gate
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 18, 2023
Probing these mists for a console ancient
Caught in its patience I unsealed the gate
Prying those depths for a future latent
Omens so blatant I entered the gate
Pending the screams for a horror dormant
Leaving from torment I buried that gate
NaaN (Now, always and Never)
Character Upbringing
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 17, 2023
In the whole “show don't tell” thing that is the holy grail of ‘good storytelling’ (yes but not always, this is for a newspost of another time) what they usually don't tell you is that behavioral patterns are your friend.
To show rather than tell, you need to ...
Raise your Flag
Andreas_Helixfinger at 12:00AM, June 11, 2023
Hey all! Wasn’t in the mood to put up another poem for this Sunday post, so I’d thought I instead dedicate this Sunday post to something I’ve done recently. Last Tuesday June 6th it was Swedish National Day and the day before that day I spent the ...
Writing Drunk
Tantz_Aerine at 12:00AM, June 10, 2023
So I have had a very good day today, celebrating a hard-won victory, and I'm currently tipsy. So this is a post I'm writing basically as drunk as I allow my self to get. (i.e. happy, less inhibited, definitely should not drive, but can still be you ...
Ban Fan Plan?
Banes at 12:00AM, May 11, 2023
I watched an interview with Ira Behr, the writer and showrunner on Star Trek Deep Space Nine. He talked about his days in the DS9 writer's room. It was the 90's, and the early days of the Internet. Even in those days, Star Trek discussion was flourishing online ...
Quackcast 634 - Boomer-myth
Ozoneocean at 12:00AM, May 9, 2023 LISTEN on our new player!
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Generational tensions are a cultural constant. It's popular to pick on the young and say they're lazy, irresponsible, stupid, changing things in silly ways etc ...